Portrait of Tilda Swinton

Acting

Tilda Swinton

Career

Active from 1986 to 2026, busiest in 2008 and 2024 with 7 main titles each.

Leading roles
78
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Blue
Blue
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 84 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Tilda Swinton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.5, average 2.4
  • Wholesome
    2.5, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    2.0, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Drama 11
  • Character-Driven 7
  • Social Commentary 6
  • Character Study 6
  • Philosophical Themes 4
  • Slow-Burn Tension 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Class Conflict 4
  • Eccentric Characters 4
  • Magical Realism 4
  • Experimental Cinema 3
  • Non-Linear Narrative 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

133
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

4 titles
Death in Her Hands
Death in Her Hands

as Vesta Gul

Embodying Pasolini
Embodying Pasolini

as Multiple

We Will Wake
We Will Wake

Director

Paradise
Paradise

Director

2020s

29 titles · average score 71
Ballad of a Small Player
Ballad of a Small Player (2025)
GoodWatch score 51

as Cynthia Blithe

The Room Next Door
The Room Next Door (2024)
GoodWatch score 71

as Martha / Michelle

Problemista
Problemista (2024)
GoodWatch score 73

as Elizabeth

The End
The End (2024)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mother

The Killer
The Killer (2023)
GoodWatch score 72

as The Expert

Asteroid City
Asteroid City (2023)
GoodWatch score 69

as Dr. Hickenlooper

Three Thousand Years of Longing
Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
GoodWatch score 66

as Alithea

The Eternal Daughter
The Eternal Daughter (2022)
GoodWatch score 73

as Julie / Rosalind

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)
GoodWatch score 73

as J.K.L. Berensen

Memoria
Memoria (2021)
GoodWatch score 72

as Jessica Holland

Last and First Men
Last and First Men (2020)
GoodWatch score 75

as Narrator (voice)

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2020)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

2010s

38 titles · average score 73
The Souvenir
The Souvenir (2019)
GoodWatch score 75

as Rosalind

The Dead Don't Die
The Dead Don't Die (2019)
GoodWatch score 51

as Zelda Winston

Suspiria
Suspiria (2018)
GoodWatch score 67

as Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos

Okja
Okja (2017)
GoodWatch score 78

as Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando

Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange (2016)
GoodWatch score 78

as The Ancient One

A Bigger Splash
A Bigger Splash (2015)
GoodWatch score 72

as Marianne Lane

Only Lovers Left Alive
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
GoodWatch score 78

as Eve

Snowpiercer
Snowpiercer (2013)
GoodWatch score 80

as Mason

Moonrise Kingdom
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
GoodWatch score 84

as Social Services

We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
GoodWatch score 73

as Eva Khatchadourian

I Am Love
I Am Love (2010)
GoodWatch score 75

as Emma Recchi

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
GoodWatch score 56

as White Witch

2000s

31 titles · average score 65
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
GoodWatch score 73

as Elizabeth Abbott

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
GoodWatch score 65

as White Witch

Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading (2008)
GoodWatch score 69

as Katie Cox

Michael Clayton
Michael Clayton (2007)
GoodWatch score 78

as Karen Crowder

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
GoodWatch score 72

as White Witch

Thumbsucker
Thumbsucker (2005)
GoodWatch score 65

as Audrey Cobb

Young Adam
Young Adam (2003)
GoodWatch score 61

as Ella Gault

The Statement
The Statement (2003)
GoodWatch score 36

as Annemarie Livi

Teknolust
Teknolust (2002)
GoodWatch score 45

as Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive

Adaptation.
Adaptation. (2002)
GoodWatch score 82

as Valerie Thomas

The Deep End
The Deep End (2001)
GoodWatch score 71

as Margaret Hall

The Beach
The Beach (2000)
GoodWatch score 47

as Sal

1990s

17 titles · average score 67
The War Zone
The War Zone (1999)
GoodWatch score 74

as Mum

Conceiving Ada
Conceiving Ada (1999)
GoodWatch score 67

as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace

The Protagonists
The Protagonists (1999)
GoodWatch score 41

as Actress

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
GoodWatch score 64

as Muriel Belcher

Female Perversions
Female Perversions (1996)
GoodWatch score 60

as Evelyn Stephens

Visions of Heaven and Hell
Visions of Heaven and Hell (1994)

as Narrator (voice)

Blue
Blue (1993)
GoodWatch score 88

as (voice)

Orlando
Orlando (1992)
GoodWatch score 76

as Orlando

Man to Man
Man to Man (1992)

as Ella / Max Gerike

Edward II
Edward II (1991)
GoodWatch score 84

as Isabella

The Garden
The Garden (1990)
GoodWatch score 40

as Madonna/Voice Overs

The Open Universe
The Open Universe (1990)

as Carla

1980s

14 titles · average score 63
War Requiem
War Requiem (1989)
GoodWatch score 81

as The Nurse

Volcano Saga
Volcano Saga (1989)

as Gudrun

Play Me Something
Play Me Something (1989)

as Hairdresser

Cycling the Frame
Cycling the Frame (1988)
GoodWatch score 67

as The Cyclist

The Last of England
The Last of England (1987)
GoodWatch score 62

as The Maid

Egomania: Island Without Hope
Egomania: Island Without Hope (1987)
GoodWatch score 54

as Sally

Friendship's Death
Friendship's Death (1987)
GoodWatch score 51

as Friendship

Caprice
Caprice (1986)
GoodWatch score 65

as Lucky

Caravaggio
Caravaggio (1986)
GoodWatch score 67

as Lena

Zastrozzi: A Romance
Zastrozzi: A Romance (1986)

TV show · as Julia

ScreenPlay
ScreenPlay (1986)

TV show · as Ella / Max Gerike

Screen Two
Screen Two (1985)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Isabella